The Royal Wedding
What a fantastic day yesterday’s Royal wedding was! Over 1 million people crowded the streets of London from around the world and a reported 2 billion people watched on TV, making it the biggest TV event this century so far. Despite the efforts of a small number of grumpy republicans the magic of Monarchy was on full display and in its prime yesterday.
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Richard is a Conservative Councillor on Reading Borough Council representing Peppard ward since 2007, having been re-elected in May 2011. He previously represented Thames ward from 2001 to 2004. He is currently the Conservative Shadow Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Transport on Reading Borough Council. Richard stood for Parliament in Sutton and Cheam in 2005 and from 2005-2008 was Chief of Staff to Rob Wilson MP (Reading East). He has a wide range of media appearances under his belt including Newsnight, Channel 4 News and BBC Radio.
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It was not only a beautiful wedding but also a green wedding. I found some interesting facts:
The dress is made from vegan silk and fair trade cotton
The ring is made from Welsh gold instead of minerals from an exploration mine…..
The greenest gift came without any doubt from Boris Johnson: A tandem bicycle…
The Aston looked great but indeed no biofuel….
Here is the full article with the facts:
http://thewritefuture.typepad….
And to top it all, Today is May Day! I got up and sang the Internationale in my garden. I was on full display and in my prime, despite the efforts of grumpy royalists.
I’ve always been proud to be British but the royal wedding on Friday ramped that feeling up no end.
We do pomp better than anyone – the Union flags flying, the blues and royals, the pure ‘Britishness’ of it reclaimed our flag and our identity from the racists – it was totally pro Britain whilst not being anti anybody.